Chameleon Publishing, poet Igor Goldkind and a slew of musicians, animators and artists teamed up for the interactive and visually stunning "Is SHE Available?" Goldkind's words appear next to art, typographical designs, embedded videos, music and comics. The content itself isn't necessarily revolutionary, but the digital pairings feel like something new. For example, the poem "My Heart Is …" appears against a subtle animation of bombs falling from the sky — a gimmick, maybe, but a visually effective one. While the design mimics a particularly sharp lit mag, the reading process can feel a bit clumsy. Flipping from page to page sometimes lags, with music and videos activating unprompted. "Is SHE Available?" is an experiment, and reading it feels more like an act of discovery . It falls short of a seamless experience, but nonetheless there's a thrill to scrolling through its pages. It's an ambitious step toward what digital media can (and will) be.

The Poetry Foundation's new podcast, "Poetry Now," offers bite-sized examinations of contemporary poems and poets. Clocking in at just five minutes, each installment includes a poet reading a recent piece and delving into the inspiration behind their creative process. This quick, snappy format helps decode the symbolism and put poetry on a more accessible level. Semi-weekly episodes allows the show to be timely. In the April 16 installment, Morgan Parker reads and discusses her powerful poem "If You Are Over Staying Woke," reflecting on American race relations and how exhausting it is to stay informed. Brevity serves the series well: Episodes never bog down. Whether you binge-listen or space episodes out, "Poetry Now" is a fantastic way to discover new poems and the poets behind them.

The Academy of American Poets and 826 National youth writing organization teamed up to spotlight poets as part of a National Poetry Month project called "Read This Poem." Each of the seven nationwide 826 chapters appointed a poetry ambassador, who introduces a chosen poem with a short paragraph. Then the selected poet chooses the next poem, and so on, creating a literary chain inspired by The McSweeney's Book of Poets Picking Poets. 826CHI's poetry ambassador was DePaul University professor David Welch, who kicked off the Chicago chain with Hannah Gamble's biting poem "In a Time of War," about a man at odds with his wife and daughter, praying for a son. "I love this poem for how it simultaneously delights in and throws barbs at its subjects," writes Welch. The project brings together a beautiful and diverse digital community of writers reveling in each other's work.